Spraints

Word SPRAINTS
Character 8
Hyphenation spraints
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Spraints"

What do we mean by spraints?

A piece of otter dung. Usually used when referring to the observation and tracking of otters.

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The word "spraints" in example sentences

Some decades ago a Sacramento State graduate student named William Grenfell examined otter droppings-the British call them "spraints" - in Suisun Marsh for his master's thesis. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Here and there on the boardwalk, otter spraints tell of another blessing presence along the trout-and-minnow-rich river. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Otters are taken in an unbaited trap, for they reject every kind of bait, This trap must be placed near his landing place, which will be found by carefully examining the edges of rivers or ponds, either by his spraints, his seal, or the remains of fish (for in whatever place he eats his plunder he always leaves the tail or hinder parts of the fish undevoured). ❋ Montagu Browne (N/A)

Experts also look for spraints, which the animal leaves on prominent tufts and stones to mark its territory. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Mundy Ellis has recorded and photographed the doings of otters at South Walsham in the Norfolk Broads day by day as they lollop around the boathouse, steal cat food from the garden and leave telltale droppings or spraints - "dark but sparkling with fish scales" - on the tin roof. ❋ Unknown (2011)

We show our detectives how studying their spraints, or oily droppings, can tell us the kind of fish they've been eating, and therefore whether it's a coastal or freshwater otter that produced them. ❋ Unknown (2009)

FYI: the correct term for otter ‘droppings’ is ’spraints’. ❋ Unknown (2008)

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